Wolfgang Elsäßer (49) has been in charge of the TV & Entertainment business at Deutsche Telekom since February 2017, including all linear and non-linear business segments, music and virtual reality. From 1997 to 2000 he worked as marketing director for entertainment electronics and then as director of sales at Grundig AG. In the years from 2000 to 2004 he was in charge of sales and marketing at Premiere AG (today: Sky). From 2004, he held various management positions at leading European satellite operator SES Astra, among others that of general manager at Astra Deutschland GmbH and Chief Regional Officer Central Europe as well as Chief Commercial Officer at SES Plattform Services.